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    Verbs are the most important part of a sentence as they assert something about the subject and express actions, events, or states of being. Verbs or compound verbs make up the critical element of the predicate. Examples show verbs like "bites", "will plant", "was", and "were destroyed" describing different actions such as something that happened in the past or will happen in the future.

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    Verbs are the most important part of a sentence as they assert something about the subject and express actions, events, or states of being. Verbs or compound verbs make up the critical element of the predicate. Examples show verbs like "bites", "will plant", "was", and "were destroyed" describing different actions such as something that happened in the past or will happen in the future.

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    Verbs are the most important part of a sentence as they assert something about the subject and express actions, events, or states of being. Verbs or compound verbs make up the critical element of the predicate. Examples show verbs like "bites", "will plant", "was", and "were destroyed" describing different actions such as something that happened in the past or will happen in the future.

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    What is a Verb?

    The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb
    asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states
    of being. The verb or compound verb is the critical element of the predicate of a sentence.

    In each of the following sentences, the verb or compound verb is highlighted:

    Dracula bites his victims on the neck.

    The verb "bites" describes the action Dracula takes.

    In early October, Giselle will plant twenty tulip bulbs.

    Here the compound verb "will plant" describes an action that will take place in the future.

    My first teacher was Miss Crawford, but I remember the janitor Mr. Weatherbee
    more vividly.

    In this sentence, the verb "was" (the simple past tense of "is") identifies a particular
    person and the verb "remembered" describes a mental action.

    Karl Creelman bicycled around the world in 1899, but his diaries and his bicycle
    were destroyed.

    In this sentence, the compound verb "were destroyed" describes an action which took
    place in the past.

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